Malaria and the millennium development goals

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue , 2015, Pages S53-S56

  Owens, Stephen ^a,b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; FUNDING; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MONEY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHILD; ECONOMICS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; GOALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA;

EID: 84923781828     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305441     Document Type: Article

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